Matina Paru
Valentine’s Day is known as Matina Paru in Newa community . Valentine’s Day is the first thing that comes to mind when we think about Valentine’s Day. We have been so influenced by outsiders that we have forgotten our own culture and are embracing alien festivities instead. We celebrate “Valentine’s Day,” “Happy New Year” and more in addition to “Valentine’s Day.” In our Newa culture, there was already an event like this. Matina translates to “Love” or “Love,” and Paru to “Date”.
Matina Paru, in this sense, refers to the day or days of people who love. Matina Paru is the day following Thinlaga Paru (Pratipada) on the day following Yomari Purnima in Nepal Mandal. The practice of “Yomari Fownegu” has been popular in the Newar community on the day of the Yomari full moon. He’d go to his girlfriend’s house the same day to tell her he was going to ask for Yomari. He used to give flowers the next day to his beloved / spouse and pour Abir (Brightly Coloured Powder ) to show his affection. However, this festival has nearly vanished in recent years. Instead, the custom of making love on February 14 has begun to grow in popularity.
Majipaa Lakhey‘s narrative about Matina Paru is also told by several. Majipa Lakhey is a mythological love story in which a Lakhey (devil) falls in love with a Newa girl from Kathmandu and becomes her caregiver.
